Ran into one stupid problem

[ToyoSolV6]

Ok fellas i dont know if any of you have ran into this problem before but i decided to change my rear struts today, but most of you know that when you do the rear struts/springs you have to remove basically the whole car lol.

so my problem is that one of my rear seats wouldnt come down. The latch you pull up on the top of the seat i guess is messed up because it goes up but the seat is still locked and wont budge. Now i dont know what to do in order for me to pull the seat down because i have to remove it.

any help guys?

[stringbean]

is that seat locked? like the switch behind the seat from the trunk side, kinda like a child lock? it baffled me once as well, didnt figure it out for a few days. maybe thats it, idk just an idea that came to my mind.

[ToyoSolV6]

i checked it, its unlocked. I guess that latch is just messed up because the seat is locked and wont budge.

[ToyoSolV6]

bump!
can anyone help. I feel like just breaking off the damn seat lol.
im that frustrated

[DSM_Lara]

Are you sure you have the seats unlock... It's kind of weird if both seats won't budge.

[TheGreenDutch]

Liquid Wrench yo. Make it your best friend. Sometimes stuff gets down there and rusts/locks them in place. Also http://camrystuff.com/index.php?page=Gen4_Manuals

^I don't know if this would help you being its from a Camry and assuming you don't have a Lara one, but maybe there might be some tips in here that could help you....good luck...

[ToyoSolV6]

Are you sure you have the seats unlock... It's kind of weird if both seats won't budge.

one seat does go down the other one doesnt. I think the latch is just not grabbing in order for it to lift up and move the seat.

[Mole]

does the knob go up when you pull on it ?

[ToyoSolV6]

yeah the knob goes up, but i guess its not grabbing somewhere inside.

[ToyoSolV6]

bump!

[Mole]

can you try turning the knob in a clockwise manner? maybe it's like a screw and detached? ?

[ToyoSolV6]

well i got it off! im not going to say how becuase it was stupid but the struts are done. lol

[LEE337]

Come on Fergie, tell us how silly it was to finally get that back seat down.

[Toy1mzfe]

i have a rectangle cut in both sides of the black plastic so i can get to the strut. No need to remove interior pieces.

[ToyoSolV6]

Come on Fergie, tell us how silly it was to finally get that back seat down.

alright since you asked nicely lol
I got some bolt cutters and cut the hook were the seat latches up to lol

yeah yeah yeah i know stupid right
but i was desperate and i needed to do the struts. lol